I have a 2012 Mac-mini. I recently bought a new Seagate Backupl+ 5T external drive.
If I eject the drive's disk image from the Desktop via right-click "eject," the drive will not shut down for good. It may or may not spin down after w hile, but it starts seemingly randomly running although I do not use the drive. I have no idea what prompts the drive to spin up.
If I open Disk Utility, I have the option to dismount the volume (drive keeps spinning) and I can, after dismounting the volume, right-click on the drive icon and eject it. The drive spins down. However, as soon as I launch DU again, the drive will no longer be ejected, and while the volume remians unmounted, the drive will spin up.
Here is what I would like:
I want the external drive to not spin unless I tell it to start up, and I want it to shut down for good when I tell it to.
Can someone please enlighten me if what I want is possible or what the best option is that I have.
If I eject the drive's disk image from the Desktop via right-click "eject," the drive will not shut down for good. It may or may not spin down after w hile, but it starts seemingly randomly running although I do not use the drive. I have no idea what prompts the drive to spin up.
If I open Disk Utility, I have the option to dismount the volume (drive keeps spinning) and I can, after dismounting the volume, right-click on the drive icon and eject it. The drive spins down. However, as soon as I launch DU again, the drive will no longer be ejected, and while the volume remians unmounted, the drive will spin up.
Here is what I would like:
I want the external drive to not spin unless I tell it to start up, and I want it to shut down for good when I tell it to.
Can someone please enlighten me if what I want is possible or what the best option is that I have.